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J. D. HALL.

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No. 43,685. Patented Aug. 2, 1864.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE;

JOHN D. HALL, OF, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NEWSPAPE R-CLAM P. i

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43.685, dated August 2, 1864; antedated July 21, 1864.

Figure 1 is a; perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2,.a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures. v v This invention consists in the employment or use of two strips provided each with a groove in which a wire or red is fitted, said strips being arranged with springs in such a manner that the wire or rod will be retained within the groove, and the papers which are.

toldedaround the wire or rod firmly secured in the groove, as hereinaiter' set forth.

To enable those skilled in the art to, fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A A represent' two strips, which may be constructed of woodior metal, and having each a groove, a, of semicircular form, made longitudinally in it near one edge, extending its whole length. These-two strips are co'n nected .by hinges or joints 1), and between-the strips there are placed spiral springs B, which have a tendency to keep the edges of the strips in which the grooves are made in con;

tact, as-will be understood by referring to both figures.

Within thefgrooves a a there is. fitted. a wire or red, 0,. which is placed within the fold of the newspapers. The wire or rod is placed within the fold and the former then fitted in the grooves are, the edges of the strips in which the grooves are made being forced apart by pressing together the iedges of the strips between which thesprings B are p placed. By this arrangement the papers'will be kept/firmly in position for use, and may be readily adjusted to and detached from the clasp.

I do not confine myself to any precise arnangement of springs, nor to any particular form of strips, for they may b'e-varied in dit' ferent ways and the same end'attained.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, arid desire to secure by. Letv.ters Patent, is--v The employment or use of two strips, A A,

each provided with a longitudinal groove, a, to receive ametal wire or rod,-0, in connection with springs arranged as shown or in any equivalent way to keep the parts of thestrips' in which the grooves a are made in contact,

and confine the wireor rod 0 with the papers around it within the grooves, substantially v as and for the purpose herein specified.

' JOHN D. HALL. .Wit-nesses DAVID BEITLER, WELLS WALTON. 

